Quote of the Day: Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor, saw his rule end amid unrest. His reign concluded with the fall of the ...

Today is both Mother Whistler Day and International Museum ...

Today is the 138th day of 2026. There are 227 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT. 2006: Visiting one of the busiest ...

Baseball legend Reggie Jackson turns 80 and artist Ai Weiwei turns 69, among the famous birthdays for May 18.

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in the U.S. state of Washington in one of the most destructive volcanic events in ...

Putting the current Trump era into historical perspective, which also helps to clarify what the real issues are behind all the daily noise, needs to gain traction in our culture. It continues to amaze ...

There is a growing popular demand for ‘left-wing’ politics. Among the demands is a tax on the super-rich in response to social inequality. Young people are joining radical left-wing groups ...

As long-lasting monarchies fell across the 20th century, Britain’s endured – sustained by wartime victory, constitutional ...

On May 18, 1917, President Wilson signed the Selective Service Act of 1917 by which the United States raised an army for ...

Nicholas Brendon's cause of death has been revealed.

At the end of this month, the Russia-Ukraine War will have dragged out for as long as World War One, conventionally dated. It's already much longer than World War One using Russian dating, given ...

After 100 years of Crusader control, the last Crusader stronghold of Acre is reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf ...